Jenny Skewes wrote:
> The discussion of why 97% do not has a distinctly gender-political air,
>suggesting that female preference may have led to the disappearance of
>this useful appendage. Interesting!
Or is it in fact the case that birds as a group didn't start out with them,
and instead, in mammals, female preference led to the appearance of this
useful appendage. Now that sounds much more interesting! ;-)
Harvey
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